Thomson J. Skinner

Thomson Joseph Skinner (24 May 1752-20 January 1809) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-MA 1) from 27 January 1797 to 3 March 1799 (interrupting Theodore Sedgwick's two terms) and from MA-12 from 4 March 1803 to 10 August 1804 (succeeding Samuel Thatcher and preceding Simon Larned).

Biography
Thomson Joseph Skinner was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1752, and he moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts with his mother in 1773. He served in the militia during the American Revolutionary War before serving in the State House in 1781, 1785, 1789, and 1800, the State Senate from 1786 to 1788, from 1790 to 1797, and from 1801 to 1803, and in the US House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799 and from 1803 to 1804. From 1804 to 1807, he served as the US Marshal for Massachusetts, and he served as Treasurer and Receiver-General from 1806 until his death in 1808.